Internal Starbucks Memo

FYI - The information below was received on Sunday by the OCA from an anonymous Starbucks employee - all comments are those of the anonymous source.

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re: Internal Starbucks Memorandum:

There was a TOP SECRET (yes, it says this on the memo, "For Internal Distribution Only Secret") memo issued to Starbucks' employees which states they are to:

1) REMOVE ALL CUSTOMER COMMENT CARDS THE DAY OF THE PROTEST from every store (i.e.; March 20th)

2) Every store is to have a lot of information (which they never had in the first place) about HOW MUCH shade-grown/organic/fair-trade coffee they sell OPENLY DISPLAYED up front, where people can easily see it...even though, right now, it has zero import to a store

3) Each store is to have MORE information about how Starbucks is encouraging a company-wide policy of NOT purchasing GMO/non-sustainable products, etc....This is a lie, as you very well know.

You get the idea. In other words, the memo acknowledges the impact this type of protest can have on profit(s). Each store is to do everything they can (with Corporate support) to throw up glitter-camoflouge (a term the military employs) to make it look like all the protesting is just done by a bunch of ignorant, angry and aimless protestors. This sucks. The public (typically non-thinking easily swayed cattle, in my opinion...which is not to belittle the poor cows!) will see the protests, go into the store, and see all of the non-gmo information...fair-trade and OG coffee..etc.etc. and think the protestors are just senseless antagonists working against good ol¹ safe corporate America. This is lame.

Act now, get those comment cards NOW before Tuesday, hand them out. Go to the web-sites, get e-mail address...flood their servers with protests...etc.etc. Don¹t let people be fooled. It is unlikely you will get to see one of these documents. There was ONE in the store where my roomie works  it was controlled BY the manager of the store...and there is literally no way to get a copy of it. Starbucks does not consider this conspiracy...they simply are protecting their profits.

Don't le the public be fooled! Don't let your protest be defused by Corporate control tactics.

Good Luck!

(anonymous)

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